Bruce Dubbs wrote:
much snipped!
>> Reviewing this thread
>> http://linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/blfs-dev/2007-March/016818.html
>> it seems PS1 should not be exported, no decision was reached
>>
>
> It should not be exported because it does no good. PS1 is reset for
> each invocation. From the bash man page:
>
> "An interactive shell is one started without non-option arguments and
> without the -c option whose standard input and error are both connected
> to terminals (as determined by isatty(3)), or one started with the
> -i option. PS1 is set and $- includes i if bash is interactive,
> allowing a shell script or a startup file to test this state."
>
>
Thanks Bruce.
I suggest.
1).
Lose /etc/extra-prompt.sh.
2).
Lose export for PS1.
3).
Use:
NORMAL="\[\e[0m\]"
RED="\[\e[1;31m\]"
GREEN="\[\e[1;32m\]"
if [[ ${EUID} == 0 ]] ; then
PS1="$RED\u [ $NORMAL\w$RED ]# $NORMAL"
else
PS1="$GREEN\u [ $NORMAL\w$GREEN ]\$ $NORMAL"
fi
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David Jensen
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